31.  Anyway, I guess playing an important part in a semi-important war is enough to boost your career to where you are basically incapable of losing a presidential election.

32.  Diners "want spa but want a taste of fat on their tongues too," he says, in describing the basically light dish.

33.  Disappointing economic news was basically ignored Thursday on Wall Street.

34.  Do all boys treat girls basically as so much meat?

35.  DIVX, by contrast, is basically designed for rental, though purchase is also encouraged.

36.  Do they really want to gamble on six more months of basically everything in suspended animation?

37.  DOD denied from Day 1 that there was any credible exposure, and the VA has basically bought into that denial."

38.  Directed by Barbet Schroeder ("Reversal of Fortune"), the by-the-numbers thriller basically comes down to who will outsmart whom.

39.  Dog's grandmother basically raised him _ a dozen relatives packed into a three-bedroom place.

40.  Doing a pedicure is basically like giving yourself a manicure.